Spooky carousels and Strange Attraction
Those of you who've seen Lisa Snelling's remarkable and often spooky moving sculptures at conventions will know why you should...
Tomb Raider 2
Kam and I went to see Tomb Raider 2: The Cradle of Life last night. Short version of review: much...
Private eyes
I wandered off to search for a concise definition of "new pulp," and happened across some mystery webzines. Somehow it...
Picking a movement
If you aren't sure which of the multitude of "new wavelets" in speculative fiction you should declare allegiance to, stop...
“Guys”
Yesterday afternoon, two of my female co-workers were looking online for a get-well gift for a male co-worker. Another male...
Zen Judaism
And Joe provides another Jed-cheering item: a set of quasi-koans from the book Zen Judaism: For You, a Little Enlightenment,...
Bad and good
The bad news is that the saga of Loud Car Guy continues once again. We'd reached an uneasy equilibrium: he...
Some more common cover letter errors
Back in April, I posted about common mistakes found in cover letters addressed to us. Here are a few more....
A bookstore in your computer
I went and read the extended excerpt from Coraline that you can download for free from Fictionwise, and I was...
Octopus cooking show
Okay, this is just odd. 8Legged Entertainment presents: Deep Fried, Live!—an animated cooking show done in Flash, with a host...
Last call for Hugo votes!
Remember that today's the deadline for voting on this year's Hugo awards. If you don't have your PIN yet and...
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Greg van Eekhout, a.k.a. the Official Voice of the American People, whose story "Will You Be an Astronaut?"...